That’s rite, February 2007 is a sunny month so far in Danang. My landlady said that usually it’s usually cold at this time, but the weather’s been so strange this year so I guess we’re reaping the benefits. Oh well. Today I took out my good ol’ anti-tanning gloves and put on my baseball cap. I have to get a pic like this to show you my Danangian weather gear.

On the homefront, there’s been some good and bad news: Sharon and I got Internet and cable tv! But our tv is old so we’re still missing th 18 good channels that we want! The only way to get them is to, of course, pay more! Boo! And the Internet works and I’m actually now uploading photos, but my old grandfather of a laptop sometimes acts up and doesn’t allow me to do all that I want. Finally, there’s the issue of our rental contract: apparently foreigners have to pay much more tax than nationals so we’re being asked to put out some cash…but we don’t really know why. We hope to resist and not pay, but in Vietnam, it seems like there’s always “something!”

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Just a quick update today: I’m been incredible unactive in my time here apart from the swimming which I faithfully kept up for my first 3 weeks…and now, I’m four months into this stay and I’m feeling oh so UNhealthy….Then my roommate asks me to tag along for a wrestling lesson with a mutual friend and so I go and it turns out to be pretty fun. Apparently, Mark used to train in karate, jijitsu (I’m too lazy to look up the correct spelling) and other martial arts/wrestling and he’s really enthusiastic about it (= a good teacher) and so I spend an hour or so “fighting” with Sharon. We’ve only just begun but I think this will become a weekly activity. AND where do we train? In a gym where Sharon’s friend trains Vietnamese students in tae kwon do! Very cool!

This weekend, I also attended a Korean-Vietnamese friendship concert at the University of Technology. It was held in a large auditorium far out from the city centre, and there were no signs or arrows letting us know where the concert was taking place so it was a little difficult to get to, but once we got our seats, it was well worth it. The Korean dances, costumes and instruments were definitely a sight to see but unfortunately, I left my camera at home And to top it all off, the concert ended with performances by two Vietnamese singers, including a young popstar who had a legion of female fans. Overall, it was a great night of fun, cultural times in Danang.

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